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100 years on from the first ANZAC Day commemorations, Auckland War Memorial Museum is working with the Israeli Ambassador Yosef Livne on a quest to find a mystery fallen New Zealand WWII Serviceman. Can you help us?
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Some objects were too fragile for the Excess Baggage display, and others have stories hidden inside.
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Urbanlife participant Shanti Mathias shares her insights and perspective on the ownership and accessibility of taonga.
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Urbanlife participant Charlotte Hawkins shares her Urbanlife experience and how it has helped shape her career direction.
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We are photographing and rolling nearly 100 flags from our collection. The photos and new method of storage will improve both physical and digital access to the flags.
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The digitisation and sharing of Auckland Museum's collection initiated an international treasure hunt for the story of the Dowager Empress Cixi's comb.
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Meet our WWI Collection Technicians, who help provide digital accessibility to First World War objects - coming up with some crafty solutions along the way.
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From 2011 to 2015, the Collection Care team improved the storage of many of the Natural Sciences wet collections at Auckland Museum. Some particularly memorable specimens were encountered along the way.
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Museum objects are chosen to help tell the story in an exhibition, but sometimes they aren't suitable to be put on public display. During the development of Tāku Tāmaki - Auckland Stories, there was a parade of collection objects being assessed and repaired in the Museum's conservation lab.
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Although many visitors have popped into the exhibition as we have been setting up, Entangled Islands officially opened at the Museum of Sāmoa on Monday evening.
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Our week started with some fine tuning of the exhibition layout. Once we were happy with where everything was located, Grant started fixing the wall panels with the help of our great (and strong!) team Maleko and Ropati.
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For Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori, we've pulled out Ngā Tākaro (traditional Māori games). Stick games such as tītītorea (short sticks) are a fun way to practice waiata and instructions in Te Reo.
